Comment on Proper RAM and drive for ThinkCentre M710Q running Unraid/Plex/-arr
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
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RAM is mostly independent from streaming capabilities. The recipient needs RAM to store the buffer but the host machine would do fine with 16 GB.
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SSD for config and database, no exceptions. HDD is great for the media itself.
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Other suggestions: a machine with an 8th gen or later CPU, non-F variant. Those CPUs have an integrated GPU that can transcode several streams simultaneously without the slightest struggle. To utilize this, you’ll need to buy a Plex Pass and enable hardware encoding.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Thank you! Am I going to run into transcoding issues with 7th gen i5 on several streams? I only have six users, and all but one of them have modern Roku or Apple TV devices.
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I have a 4th gen i5 and it can handle about three transcodes concurrently. You should be fine on that, especially if your users direct stream.
These devices should be capable of direct streaming any video format. You’ll have to tell your users to change their streaming settings to always play original quality on remote stream. Plex defaults to 720p for remote streams.
The 256 GB should be enough. My Plex folder uses about 90 GB right now with all the posters and stuff. It’s been running on a SATA 256 GB SSD for almost 7 years now. My library is also pretty large, pushing 8 TB total now.
There’s no harm in keeping it in.
dorkage@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
How is your Plex install so big? My library is like 6x larger and my Plex install lives in a 24GB VM
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
🤷♂️
I don’t know lol
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You are a godsend. Thank for you for the really cogent advice. Setting up Unraid now.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
If you use quicksync hardware transcoding it’ll handle a bunch of 1080p streams without a problem.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Is that a client setting or Plex server setting? I haven’t noticed it before.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
It’s a feature of the Intel GPU that the Plex server can use.
I think you do need Plex pass though, Jellyfin can do it for free.